Information providing system for contents embedded with identifier
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1. An information providing system comprising:
- a terminal apparatus for viewing or playing contents, one or more contents being embedded with one or more identifiers, and the terminal apparatus being configured to be capable of capturing the identifier embedded in the one or more contents;
a ticket database for storing one or more information tickets associated with each of the identifiers; and
a service portal that, responsive to the identifier which is transmitted from the terminal apparatus over the Internet, searches the ticket database and provides a service to the user.
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Abstract
The system comprises a terminal apparatus that views or plays the content acquired from a data provider which embeds an identifier to the content. The system comprises a database for storing information tickets for each of the identifiers. The terminal apparatus captures the identifier embedded in the content. The system further comprises a service portal that, in response to the identifier which has been captured by and transmitted from the terminal apparatus over the Internet, searches the database and provides a service for connecting the terminal apparatus to a web page associated with the identifier.
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1. An information providing system comprising:
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a terminal apparatus for viewing or playing contents, one or more contents being embedded with one or more identifiers, and the terminal apparatus being configured to be capable of capturing the identifier embedded in the one or more contents;
a ticket database for storing one or more information tickets associated with each of the identifiers; and
a service portal that, responsive to the identifier which is transmitted from the terminal apparatus over the Internet, searches the ticket database and provides a service to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A terminal apparatus adapted for use with a service portal that, responsive to an identifier which is transmitted from the terminal apparatus over the Internet, searches the database and provides a service, said terminal apparatus being configured to:
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display or play contents obtained from a data provider that provides one or more contents to users, at least one of said contents being embedded with an identifier;
capture the identifier embedded in said at least one of said contents; and
transmit the identifier to the service portal;
- View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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